Blood v. Fleming’s Empirical Analysis
161 F.2d 292 · 1947
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently July 1979 · most notably Dulansky v. Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co. (1951), Broderick Wood Products Co. v. United States (1952)
16 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Hecht Co. v. Bowles · Porter v. Warner Holding Co. · Matheny v. Porter
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The purpose of the rule [Fed. R. Civ. P. 56] is to provide against the vexation and delay which comes from the formal trial of cases in which there is not substantial issue of fact, and to permit expeditious disposition of cases of that kind.” Nevertheless, the Tenth Circuit, to which an appeal in the instant case will lie, has also stated:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The judgment sought shall be rendered forthwith if the pleadings, depositions, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law”. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Weston v. Noble““was not intended to and should not be used as a substitute for a regular trial of cases in which there are disputed issues of fact upon which the outcome of the litigation depends.” 161 F.2d at page 295 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Weston v. Noble
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.